news
Americannoun
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a report of a recent event; intelligence; information.
His family has had no news of his whereabouts for months.
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the presentation of a report on recent or new events in a newspaper or other periodical or on radio or television.
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such reports taken collectively; information reported.
There's good news tonight.
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a person, thing, or event considered as a choice subject for journalistic treatment; newsworthy material.
noun
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current events; important or interesting recent happenings
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information about such events, as in the mass media
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a presentation, such as a radio broadcast, of information of this type
the news is at six
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( in combination )
a newscaster
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interesting or important information not previously known or realized
it's news to me
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a person, fashion, etc, widely reported in the mass media
she is no longer news in the film world
Other Word Forms
- newsless adjective
- newslessness noun
Etymology
Origin of news
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English newis, plural of newe “new thing, novelty”; modeled on Middle French noveles (plural of novele ), or Medieval Latin nova (plural of novum ); new, novel 2
Example Sentences
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"I thought it was an earthquake. I was sitting down and I fell on the floor, along with the other passengers," one man told Ansa news agency.
From BBC
The Unite trade union, which has campaigned for the contract to be approved, said the news represented a "tremendous victory" for workers in the aerospace sector.
From BBC
If the bid is accepted and makes it through regulatory hurdles, the new company will own the news channel CNN, as well as CBS News, which it acquired when Paramount and Skydance merged last year.
From BBC
She hailed the ratification by the two South American countries as "good news".
From Barron's
He’s also expecting positive news on the economic front, starting with PMI activity data and a host of job market readings, including the Labor Department’s jobs report for February, arriving next week.
From Barron's
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